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BREAKING: President Trump confirms that the US is getting "a lot of the mineral rights from the Congo" as part of DRC-Rwanda peace deal being signed today.

🇨🇩 has the world’s largest reserves of cobalt – used to produce batteries that power cell phones and electric vehicles.

Trump praises his senior Africa adviser Massad Boulos (his daughter Tiffany's father-in-law) for getting it done.

OVERNIGHT: Trump announces travel ban on 7 African countries that “pose a very high risk” to the US, partial restrictions on 3 more.

FULL BAN
Somalia 🇸🇴
Sudan 🇸🇩
Chad 🇹🇩
Eritrea 🇪🇷
Libya 🇱🇾
Congo (Brazzaville) 🇨🇬
Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶

PARTIAL
Burundi 🇧🇮
Sierra Leone 🇸🇱
Togo 🇹🇬

IMF Projections 2025:

Angola🇦🇴: 2.4%
Benin🇧🇯: 6.5%
Côte d'Ivoire🇨🇮: 6.3%
DR Congo🇨🇩: 4.7%
Ethiopia🇪🇹: 6.6%
Ghana🇬🇭: 4.0%
Kenya🇰🇪: 4.8%
Nigeria🇳🇬: 3.0%
Rwanda🇷🇼: 7.1%
Senegal🇸🇳: 8.4%
South Africa🇿🇦: 1.0%
South Sudan🇸🇸: -4.3%
Tanzania🇹🇿: 6.0%
Uganda🇺🇬: 6.1%
Zimbabwe🇿🇼: 6.0%

https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/REO/SSA/Issues/2025/04/25/regional-economic-outlook-for-sub-saharan-africa-april-2025?cid=sm-com-fb-SM2025-REOAFREA2025001

Five 05 countries control 50% of Africa's GDP.

1️⃣South Africa 373.2 billion dollars 🇿🇦
2️⃣Egypt $347.5 billion 🇪🇬
3️⃣Algeria 266.7 billion dollars 🇩🇿
4️⃣Nigeria 252.7 billion dollars 🇳🇬
5️⃣Ethiopia 205.1 billion dollars 🇪🇹

African eye

60% in Africa!

Trump administration to shut down dozens of US embassies, 60% in Africa The Donald Trump administration is said to be proposing major cuts to the United States (US) State Department’s budget, with plans to reduce it by over $30 billion, more than half, for the 2026 fiscal year.

President Donald Trump has announced a minimum 10% tariff on all imports to the US and additional "reciprocal tariffs" for 20 African countries, including 30% for South Africa. Other African countries hit with extra tariffs include 50% for Lesotho, 47% for Madagascar, 40% for Mauritius, and 37% for Botswana. Nigerian exports were also affected at 14%. Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Senegal, and Liberia are among those whose exports will be subject to a baseline tariff of 10%.Trump said the reciprocal tariffs were "for countries that treat us badly".

South Africa has reportedly successfully developed a potential HIV cure, Free Vîrus Control Without Medication.

The University of KwaZulu-Natal who have been researching on the HIV cure for 2-years now recently conducted Africa’s first HIV cure trial, and the results were very promising.

The country may have a cure after a very positive trial 🇿🇦👏

Facts about African cities.

1. Johannesburg, South Africa is the richest city in Africa

2. Kigali, Rwanda is the cleanest city in Africa

3. Cape town is said to be the most beautiful city in Africa.

4. Nairobi, Kenya is Africa's leading business destination.

5. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia houses the headquarters of the African Union.

6. Port Louis, Mauritius is the most livable city in Africa.

7. Accra, Ghana is the fastest growing city in Africa.

8. Luanda Angola is the fastest developing city in Africa.

9. Abuja, Nigeria is Africa's first purpose planned capital city.

10. Gaborone, Botswana and Kigali, Rwanda are the safest cities in Africa.

11. Lagos, Nigeria is the most populous city in Africa.

12. Johannesburg, South Africa has highest number of US Dollar Millionaires in Africa.

13. Cairo, Egypt is the city with the richest history in Africa.

Somalia 🇸🇴 Expected let Ethiopia 🇪🇹 (the world’s most populous landlocked country) use an Indian Ocean port. This could resolve the dispute over Ethiopia’s push for sea access.

Both aim for a deal by June.

Earlier, Ethiopia reportedly signed a 50-year deal for 19 km of Somaliland’s coast, sparking tensions now eased by talks.

Uganda 🇺🇬 targets a 2027 start for oil exports via the $4 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

The 1,443 km pipeline will transport crude from Uganda’s oil fields to Tanzania 🇹🇿, making it the world’s longest heated crude oil pipeline.

As of September 2024, construction is 47% complete, Once finished, Uganda, a landlocked nation can export oil from its two fields.

The Trump administration is considering banning almost half of African countries from entering the US 🇺🇸.

The majority of the nations on the draft list are African: 22/43
🇱🇾 🇸🇴 🇸🇩 🇪🇷 🇸🇱 🇸🇸 🇦🇴 🇧🇯 🇧🇫 🇨🇲 🇨🇻 🇹🇩 🇨🇬🇨🇩 🇬🇶🇬🇲 🇱🇷 🇲🇼 🇲🇱 🇲🇷 🇸🇹 🇿🇼

citizens of countries on the red list would be flatly barred from entering the United States🇺🇸.

Countries on the yellow list will be given a 60-day window to address concerns before a verdict is reached.